Bangalore: Baby Afreen lost her battle for life in a Bangalore hospital on Wednesday. The three-month-old baby was simply unable to bear the brutal torture she suffered at the hands of her own father, all because she was born a girl. The infant succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning. And now, her broken-hearted mother is demanding justice. "He killed my baby. He should not be left free...
09:45 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Baby Afreen's mother Reshma called for the strictest punishment for her husband after Afreen died on Wednesday. ...
01:36 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Bangalore: Three-month-old baby Afreen, who was allegedly beaten and abused by her father, died of cardiac arrest in Bangalore on Wednesday. Afreen, who was admitted to Bangalore's Vani Vilas hospital on Sunday, suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday at 10:40 AM and died at 11:10 AM after all efforts to revive her by the doctors failed. Professor of Paediatrics at Vani Vilas Hospital R Premalatha said that multiple convulsions...
11:42 AM, Apr 11, 2012
CHENNAI: Denying the joys of sexual intercourse to people over 50, is directly related to the increasing instances of child sexual abuse in the country, says noted sexologist Dr Narayana Reddy. After releasing an extensive study titled Sex and the Aging Indian, accumulated over two decades, Dr Reddy pointed out that a large number of elderly people were denied sex, causing this problem. It is almost an established train of...
08:24 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Bangalore: Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, who was allegedly beaten and abused by her father, is in a semi-comatose state and doctors say that her condition has worsened. The Vani Vilas hospital, where Afreen is admitted, has sought help from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) for Afreen's treatment. Afreen continued to be on life support on Wednesday. Resident Medical Superintendent (RMS) Somegowda said the baby...
08:19 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, beaten and abused by her father continues to be critical and on life support. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, beaten and abused by her father continues to be critical and on life support. Her father, who is believed to have done this because he wanted a boy, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody. The baby was beaten, battered and burnt with cigarettes, but now her mother has said that she cannot take the abuse of her child anymore. Reshma Banu has...
09:21 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Watch hospitals become shops and doctors and nurses become touts. Watch government hospital staff selling newborns and infants. Watch a Cobrapost and IBN-Network Expose - The Baby Bazaar tonight at 9 pm. ...
12:39 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Two-year-old Falak was taken off the ventilator on Friday and the doctors at AIIMS say the baby girl has shown marginal improvement in last 24 hours. But the survival chances are dimming for Falak. The two year old's chest infection has been cured. Dr Deepak Agarwal said "If the situation worsens again, we will put her back on it." It has been three weeks since she was abandoned...
04:57 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Three weeks since she was abandoned in a battered state at Delhi's AIIMS hospital, Baby Falak may be taken off ventilator on Friday. The two-year-old child is responding well to medication and her lung and blood infection has receded. Doctors are now waiting for the brain infection to subside, after which they will conduct another surgery. The police have made four arrests in connection with the case till...
10:18 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: While the nation prays for 2-year-old Falak, who is receiving treatment for severe injuries at AIIMS, it is the story of the 14-year-old teenage girl who brought the baby to the hospital that exposes the dismal state of a girl child in India. It is not just the baby, but the teenager too, who is a victim of abuse. Police have arrested 4 people, including her father Vijender,...
08:01 AM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Taking serious note of plight of two-year-old baby Falak, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought a report from the Delhi Police and termed it as a case of human trafficking. "It is a case of human trafficking. We are seeking report from the Delhi Police," Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry B Bhamathi said. Bhamathi said the Delhi Police was probing the case to find out the...
06:38 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Two women have been arrested on Monday in connection with baby Falak abandonment case. Delhi Police has arrested Kanta and Lakshmi. Meanwhile, police is also questioning Falak's mother Munni. Munni's statement is being recorded in front of a magistrate. Delhi Police team had traced down Munni from Rajasthan and brought her to Delhi on Monday morning. DCP South Chaya Sharma said, "We were able to track down the...
03:01 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Doctors at AIIMS are expecting a new culture report on Thursday to see how 2-year-old baby Falak has been responding to new antibiotics. Doctors said on Wednesday that her survival chances are less than 50 per cent and the next 3 days will be critical. Meanwhile, the father of a teenaged girl, who got a battered Falak admitted in AIIMS, and two others were arrested on charges of...
10:31 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested three people on the basis of statements given by the 14-year-old teenaged girl who dumped baby Falak at AIIMS on January 18. On of the arrested includes the teenager's father. All the three have been arrested on charges of sexually harassing the teen and pushing her into sex trade. Additional Commissioner of Police (South-East) Ajay Chaudhry in a Press Conference on Wednesday...
06:05 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Child Welfare Commission (CWC) on Tuesday ordered that a case would be registered against the father of the teenaged girl, for cruelty and child abuse, who had brought a battered two-year-old Falak to AIIMS on January 18. The teenager will continue to stay in the institution as she refused to go with her father. The CWC has also demanded that past records be verified and legal action...
05:53 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Two-year-old Baby Falak, who was admitted to AIIMS with severe injuries and is battling for life, continues to be in critical condition. Doctors at AIIMS said that the toddler is suffering from meningitis. "Falak is suffering from meningitis. Future course of treatment depends on how the baby responds to the treatment. Her chances of survival have severely gone down," Sumit Sinha, Neurosurgeon, AIIMS said. He said that infection...
03:40 PM, Jan 31, 2012
The 2-year-old Falak underwent a second brain surgery on Monday and has been put back on ventilator. ...
09:36 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: In the national capital, two-year-old Falak, who was found battered and abandoned, continues to be critical and has been put on the ventilator again by the doctors at AIIMS. As doctors perform surgery after surgery on the two-year-old, there are still no concrete leads to who the child's biological parents are. The 2-year-old was on ventilator from Sunday night due to lung infection. With a CT scan showing...
09:14 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Two-year-old Falak, who was found battered and abandoned, continues to be critical and has been put on the ventilator again by the doctors at AIIMS. Doctors, who operated on her for the second time on Monday, said that her condition has deteriorated after some fluids entered her brain. The operation was performed to clear the fluids. Meanwhile, crucial leads have surfaced in the case. Sources say that Delhi...
01:16 PM, Jan 30, 2012
